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In fluid dynamics, stagnation pressure is the static pressure at a stagnation point in a fluid flow.[1] At a stagnation point the fluid velocity is zero. In an incompressible flow, stagnation pressure is equal to the sum of the free-stream static pressure and the free-stream dynamic pressure.[2]
Stagnation pressure is sometimes referred to as pitot pressure because the two pressures are numerically equal.
- ^ Clancy, L.J., Aerodynamics, Section 3.5
- ^ Stagnation Pressure at Eric Weisstein's World of Physics (Wolfram Research)